Job 1929 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.19:1וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Then Job answered and said:19:2עַד־אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּֽים׃How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?19:3זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹֽא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.19:4וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.19:5אִם־אָמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;19:6דְּֽעוּ־אֵפוֹ כִּי־אֱלוֹהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדוֹ עָלַי הִקִּֽיף׃Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.19:7הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.19:8אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.19:9כְּבוֹדִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.19:10יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.19:11וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לוֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.19:12יַחַד ׀ יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.19:13אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.19:14חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי וּֽמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.19:15גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.19:16לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמוֹ־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth.19:17רוּחִֽי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִֽי׃My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.19:18גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.19:19תִּֽעֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵי סוֹדִי וְזֶֽה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.19:20בְּעוֹרִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.19:21חָנֻּנִי חָנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלוֹהַּ נָגְעָה בִּֽי׃Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.19:22לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמוֹ־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?19:23מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִֽי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!19:24בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!19:25וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל־עָפָר יָקֽוּם׃But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust;19:26וְאַחַר עוֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶֽחֱזֶה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;19:27אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי ׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִֽי׃Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me.19:28כִּי תֹאמְרוּמַה־נִּרְדָּף־לוֹ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃If ye say: 'How we will persecute him!' seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;19:29גּוּרוּ לָכֶם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּֽי־חֵמָה עֲוֺנוֹת חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן שַׁדּֽוּן׃סBe ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.← previousJob 18next →Job 20↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/19/